One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes

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Drawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day "steel railnomads, " One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today'sAmerican hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoingthe ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their connections with thepast make the experiences of these hoboes even more striking, as they ride freighttrains and jungle up in hobo camps, light years away from the 21st-centurycyberworld -- yet touching the very core of American freedom andindividualism.Cliff Williams skillfully elicits details of familybackground, motives, and clear insights into the daily life and philosophy of themodern hobo. With its evocative link to the past, One More Train to Ride continues along tradition of books on hobo oral history, including Nels Anderson's The Hobo(1923) and Thomas Minehan's Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1934).